held up, ridden over 3f out, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, tracked leaders over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, headway to lead entering final furlong and kept on after
soon led, ridden over 3f out, headed entering final furlong and one pace inside
mid-division, outpaced and ridden over 5f out, kept on one pace
mid-division, tracked leaders over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened final 2f
led and soon headed to track leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
We will side with Trance here, with Sahem and Graham Island possibly proving best of the rest. There are plenty of National Hunt trainers represented in this contest including Richard Guest, who runs Lord Dundee, who has not raced for 743 days, Len Lungo, who is represented by Monolith, who looked progressive in winning twice over hurdles in May, and Martin Todhunter, by Prince Holing, who was decent on the Flat a year ago but has looked modest in his last three races. However, we prefer others, including Tawny Way, whose form has a solid look to it and he's probably a good benchmark to the value of the race, Sahem, who got the run of things at Carlisle last time but is still arguably well-treated even with his penalty and is entitled to supporters, and one-time Derby aspirant Graham Island, who takes a big drop in class today. Overall, though we are prepared to stick with Tawny Way, who gave the impression that the penny had dropped with regard to this game at Doncaster last time out.
